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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 2 › Chapter 2 › Section 2: Of considering Jesus in that respect.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
5. Consider Gods decree concerning thy souls salvation, and the means to it. As the ⟨p. 44⟩purpose of God, so the decree of God speaks the stability and certainty of the thing decreed. The foundation of God standeth sure; 1(i) The decree of God touching mans Salvation is unchangeable. If the Laws of the Medes and Persians were so absolute, that they could not be reversed, then much less can the decrees of God be reversed: no man that is not Elected can be Elected; and no man that is Elected can possibly be damned. My sheep hear my voice (saith Christ) and I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck t••• out of my hand. And it must needs be so, for Gods decree is grounded on the Eternal and unchangeable will of God; and hence we say that there is a certain number of the Elect known only to God, which cannot possibly be increased or diminished.2 I know whom I have chosen, saith Christ. And yet thou canst not, O my soul, hence infer, that thou mayest be secure; for in this decree the end and the means are joined together of God, and they cannot be separated by any man: if thou beest not godly, never expect to be happy: Gods decree of Predestination is as well for the giving of grace, as for the giving of glory.
5. Consider Gods decree concerning thy souls salvation, and the means to it. As the ⟨p. 44⟩purpose of God, so the decree of God speaks the stability and certainty of the thing decreed. The foundation of God standeth sure; 1(i) The decree of God touching mans Salvation is unchangable. If the Laws of the Medes and Persians were so absolute, that they could not be reversed, then much less can the decrees of God be reversed: no man that is not Elected can be Elected; and no man that is Elected can possibly be damned. My sheep hear my voice (saith Christ) and I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck t out of my hand. And it must needs be so, for Gods decree is grounded on the Eternal and unchangable will of God; and hence we say that there is a certain number of the Elect known only to God, which cannot possibly be encreased or diminished.